True or False: Lymph flows from the heart out to the tissues via the lymphatic vessels. - correct answer false
True or False: Fluid inside tissues that is not returned via the veins is returned to the heart through the lymph system. - correct answer true
True or False: Lymph fluid moves in the following order: Lymphatic Duct→ lymph vessels → Lymph capillaries → Veins - correct answer false
Correct Order: lymph capillaries-vessels-lymph ducts-subclavian vein
A patient has lymphedema in his left arm. What lymph vessel would most likely be obstructed? - correct
answer Thoracic Duct
Which of the following statements is FALSE concerning lymph nodes?
A. The groin contains a large grouping of lymph nodes.
B. The axilla contains a large grouping of lymph nodes.
C. A lymph node is an encapsulated fibrous connective tissue with incoming and outgoing vessels.
D. There are more efferent vessels than afferent vessels.
E. A&B are False. - correct answer D. There are more efferent vessels than afferent vessels.
Which of the following statements is FALSE concerning the spleen?
A. It is found in the left side of the abdomen.
B. It acts as to remove old platelets in the blood.
C. It has many efferent and afferent lymph vessels. it has one incoming artery and one outgoing vein D. It is divided into regions called lobules.
E. A&B are False - correct answer Correct! C. It has many efferent and afferent lymph vessels. It has one
incoming artery and one outgoing artery.
Blood enters the spleen via the _______________. - correct answer Splenic artery
These small lymphoid organs are found bilaterally in the posterior portions of the throat. - correct answer Palatine tonsils
The thymus produces hormones which helps these types of cells mature? (Select all that apply.)
A. T cells
B. B cells
C. Macrophages
D. Neutrophils
E. Eosinophils - correct answer T cells
Which of the following is a part of the nonspecific immune response system? (Select all that apply.) Normal flora
Cytokines
T cells (specific immune system)
B cells (specific immune system)
Interleukins - correct answer Normal flora Cytokines
Interleukins
Discuss how mild fevers are beneficial. - correct answer Fevers help the body fight infection by interfering with the growth and replication of pathogens. Fevers also causes lysosomes, an organelle inside cells, to break down. The lysosomes release digestive enzymes that lyse cells infected by a virus.